xx, 362 pages : 24 cm

The book gives a very fine overview of Zen. Chapters deal with the essence of Zen, humor in Zen, Zen in the arts, psychology & everyday life. A book that "gather(s) into a single comprehensive volume the main features of an Eastern philosophy that is becoming a creative force in the Western world."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / Nancy WIlson Ross. -- Zen: a method for religious awakening / Ruth Fuller Sasaki. -- A few statements about zen / D.T. Suzuki. -- The religion of tranquility ; the three types of religious method / Sokei-an. -- The sense of zen / D.T. Suzuki. -- Satori, or acquiring a new viewpoint / Suzuki ; Alan Watts ; Hubert Benoit ; Hisamatsu ; Christmas Humphreys. -- The koan / D.T. Suzuki. -- Two from twenty-five koans: repose of mind ; the clatter of a broken tile / Sokei-an. -- The zen teaching of Huang Po on the transmission of mind / translated, and with an introduction, by John Blofeld. -- Some zen stories / translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps

Zen and the art of painting / D.T. Suzuki. -- The tao of painting / Mai-mai Sze. -- Gardens / Langdon Warner. -- Stone garden / Will Petersen. -- Haiku / Alan Watts. -- Tea / Langdon Warner. -- The tea-room / Okakura Kakuzo. -- Sotoba komachi / translated by Arthur Waley. -- Excerpt from monkey / translated by Arthur Waley. -- Three old Chinese zen stories / Chang Chen-chi. -- Psychoanalysis and zen Buddhism / Erich Fromm. -- Zen in psychotherapy: the virtue of sitting / Akihisa Kondo. -- On the general sense of zen thought / Hubert Benoit. -- Practicing zen through observing one's mind in tranquility / Chan Chen-chi. -- Zen Buddhism and everyday life / Robert Linssen

The awakening of a new consciousness in zen / D.T. Suzuki. -- Who am I?. -- Non-attachment. -- "Is-ness". -- "One-ness". -- The zen eye. -- Excerpt forom zen in the art of archery / Eugen Herrigel. -- Judo and psycho-physical unity / Robert Linssen. -- Excerpt from an essay on the psychology of swordplay / Takano Shigeyoshi. -- The marionette theatre, a story / Heinrich von Kleist. -- The expert, a story / Nakashima Ton ; translated by Ivan Morris. -- Zen and science -- "no-knowledge," from the tao of science / R.G.H. Siu. -- Lao-tzu: poems / translated by Witter Bynner. -- Spring sesshin at Shokoku-ji / Gary Snyder. -- Beat zen, square zen, and zen / Alan Watts. -- Zen for the west / William Barrett

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